Posted on 07/30/2015 7:28:59 AM PDT by PROCON
It sounds like a scene from a disaster movie – mass power failures, plane crashes, satellite disruptions, and train derailments. These are some of the threats modern society would face in the case of a massive solar storm, according to a new document released by the U.K. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
The “Space Weather Preparedness Strategy” outlines the disturbances that could be caused by unpredictable solar weather. The most striking find from the report is the fact that a country would have only a 12-hour warning period before the storm would hit the planet.
The worst possible scenario would be a coronal mass ejection of plasma from the sun, during which the corona – that bright glow seen encircling the sun during a total solar eclipse – detaches, shooting off X-rays and high-energy particles directly to the Earth.
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Buh-Bye
This is an Emergency Alert from NASA.
Of course, we know you’re all off having sex, and nobody is listening....
Eventually some solon will realize that more taxes will remedy this.
But the consensus of scientist on global warming states that the sun has very little influence on the earth. It is primarily a human-caused phenomenon. This is what we are told.
If the sun explodes, I don’t think a warning will be benificial.
A 12 hour notice would be great... I’m more worried about an EMP blast with no warning...
Reminds me of the movie ‘Knowing’.
Better have your Eternal Insurance Policy ready.
Please hit Mosul or Detroit.
You better put all of your money into lottery tickets so to win and take that world tour FAST.
12 hours is a hell of a lot better than what we got with the Kenyan and Hanoi Boi’s “Iran Nuke Deal”.
Maybe twice.
Think people..I'm going out to invest heavily in flashlights and other luminary devices!!!! Must also disinvest in suntan lotion!!!
Meatloaf’s prayers have been answered. It is the end of time.
If it’s really massive, there is nothing anyone can do.
It would be 12 hours of endless media hype. “Stay tuned for the latest about the end of the world.” “Latest photos on CNN.” “Pope says poor affected most.”
How is/was sun activity measured for times before the technological era? ie. 1859
I’ll be hitting the raw cookie dough
If the sun has a TRULY massive explosion, we’ll have about eight minutes to prepare. I recommend prayer.
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